I just read through most of this combined thread, and seems like something wasn't addressed, or I could have missed it. I know there are some physicians on the board, so perhaps they have some insight to share here.
Most of the discussion seems to take as the underlying model that people are born biologically a male or female, and perhaps at some point in their life may realize that their physical body doesn't match their gender. So may choose to try and fix that in some fashion.
But even biologically, aren't there a number of ways in which physical and genetic markers for sex be ambiguous and not be clear? I've heard reference to having an extra chromosome sometimes come up in these discussions. It isn't just genetalia, a quick Google search unearths this: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...141333.htm
Of course one can be born with more than one type of genetalia, and there are countless other uncommon ways in which sex traits may manifest.
How common does a condition need to be to warrant explicit consideration in these rules, vs. lumping in with other conditions?
Most of the discussion seems to take as the underlying model that people are born biologically a male or female, and perhaps at some point in their life may realize that their physical body doesn't match their gender. So may choose to try and fix that in some fashion.
But even biologically, aren't there a number of ways in which physical and genetic markers for sex be ambiguous and not be clear? I've heard reference to having an extra chromosome sometimes come up in these discussions. It isn't just genetalia, a quick Google search unearths this: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...141333.htm
Of course one can be born with more than one type of genetalia, and there are countless other uncommon ways in which sex traits may manifest.
How common does a condition need to be to warrant explicit consideration in these rules, vs. lumping in with other conditions?